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Semantic HTML

HTML Entities

Some characters have special meaning in HTML. If you write <p> as text, the browser thinks it is a tag. To show such characters, use entities.

Syntax:

&name;   or   &#number;
CharacterEntityDescription
<&lt;Less than
>&gt;Greater than
&&amp;Ampersand
"&quot;Double quote
©&copy;Copyright
®&reg;Registered
₹ / €&#8377; / &euro;Currency
(space)&nbsp;Non-breaking space
<p>Use the &lt;p&gt; tag for paragraphs. &copy; 2026 TechSnow</p>

Output

Use the <p> tag for paragraphs. © 2026 TechSnow